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Sport watcher, player, especially cricket and walking sports. Dog lover, especially border and bearded collies. Farming, gardening, food and Science addict and planet hugger.
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He has no idea, does he even know Einstein, Newton, Darwin, Jobs etc and what autistic people give to the world…

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Yep we see it from afar, and also reflected here in some of our politicians/parties who are Trump fans.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Totally essential. Trump told people when to buy, and then openly celebrated his rich buddies gains in the market he manipulated.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I say this every time de-extinction comes up: it makes no sense to devote science to bringing back extinct animals when we can’t be bothered to keep extant ones alive in the first place.

submitted 13 days ago • 17 comments

"MPs also criticised the government’s overreliance on Carbon Capture, neglecting alternatives like renewable energy, saying it risks keeping energy bills high and tied to the volatile gas market, while offering no guarantee of meaningful progress toward net zero" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

The Department of Government Efficiency, for example

submitted 19 days ago • 966 comments

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

and it was the no 1 item on the BBC news at 10! Had to check if not accidentally moved to France. 🤔

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

submitted 23 days ago • 1251 comments

John Bolton tells Cathy Newman on Signalgate "Having looked at it this morning the President is justified in removing both Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz" "Whether he will do it or not is a different question"

submitted 25 days ago • 20 comments

On World Meterological Day 🌍 let’s name & shame climate deniers &/or Net Zero detractors, for they are ignoring the science & putting the future of your children & grandchildren at huge risk. British Traitors? There are others!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital was the only specialised cancer treatment centre in Gaza. Utterly barbaric.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning. Great to hear the government plan to equip schools & hospitals with free solar panels/power, moving them away from expensive & dirty oil & gas. Reform U.K. & other fossil-fuelled paid zealots won’t be pleased! 😉🌿

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Corruption again from Trump and team

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Where is the unredacted Russia report, @uklabour

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May attacks current Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for giving up on net zero climate target: “[The target] is supported by scientific community & Climate Change Committee as being not just necessary but feasible and cost-effective” www.aol.co.uk/may-hits-bac...

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

"One big anti-net zero argument should be resisted: that renewables have driven sky-high electricity bills that will soar more with Govt plans "Rather, it’s because the biggest & most variable component of bills is wholesale price that is disproportionately set by gas" www.ft.com/content/2f25...

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

9 out of 10 cars sold in Norway are electric. Copenhagen in Denmark has become one of THE biking cities worldwide. Skandinavia as a whole leads in heat pump installations (thanks for sharing @janrosenow.bsky.social). The northern countries of Europe show: There is no excuse for climate inaction.

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

The NHS is improving rapidly under Labour, much to the frustration of Farage, who'd rather run it into the ground and sell it off piece by piece. Read this thread about it 👇

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

I mean fine, but it’s only because of France that the United States exists.

submitted 34 days ago • 69 comments

Trumpian avoidance of dealing with facts

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

So much utter bullsh*t from Badenoch today that it's hard to know where to start She has no clue whatsoever about #climate breakdown and the catastrophic consequences already lockin-in Dangerously stupid and ignorant www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 34 days ago • 5 comments

Even more evidence that they will be joined to the Reform party before long

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵

submitted 34 days ago • 69 comments

One of the easiest ways to create homes for insects is to avoid being too tidy. Letting a patch of grass grow long (good for nesting bumblebees), leaving dead stems in situ over winter, and having a wild corner will all help boost insect populations. More: bit.ly/4jGzo4f

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments

Amazing, that’s very fast!

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

This whole "bullying Canada" business seems like a movie where a cocky young punk decides to abuse & demean the kindly elderly neighbor...only to discover the old man is some unstoppable war hero badass...

submitted 39 days ago • 341 comments

It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

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Wow…

submitted 43 days ago • 563 comments

Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 43 days ago • 1804 comments

🇺🇦 Ukrainian women are involved in various aspects of the war effort, from the front lines to volunteering and caring for refugees. We honor them today on International Women’s Day & every day - SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦🌻💙 〰️AdminJenn 📺 Video link youtu.be/EQcr0fbo5d0?...

submitted 43 days ago • 165 comments